HeyJaredProud to be an American, by Tara Ross
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TDIH: The National Anthem & Sports (opens the original)
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On this day in 1939, a football game is televised for the first time. The nation was not yet in the habit of playing the Star-Spangled Banner before such sporting events, but it soon would be. Did you ever wonder how and why we began playing the national anthem before football games?Technically, it all started with baseball.As early as 1862, the Star-Spangled Banner was played at an opening day game in New York. The song wasn’t yet the national anthem, but it was a much-loved patriotic tune. Its
TDIH: The “Mother of Thanksgiving” (opens the original)
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At about this time in 1863, the “Mother of Thanksgiving” makes one more attempt to get her favorite holiday recognized nationwide. Five days later, Abraham Lincoln took action.But Thanksgiving was hardly Sarah Josepha Hale’s only claim to fame. She wore many hats during her lifetime. She was a writer and a poet. She raised money for the Bunker Hill Monument and helped save Mount Vernon. She was “Editress” of Godey’s Lady’s Book. She was a widow who raised five children. She is credited with writ
Medal of Honor Monday: Yeiki Kobashigawa (opens the original)
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On this day in 1917, a future Medal of Honor recipient is born in Hawaii. Yet when America entered World War II, the Army initially didn’t even trust Yeiki Kobashigawa to keep his rifle.Kobashigawa had been working on a sugar plantation when he was drafted into the Army late in 1941. Just a few short weeks later, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. That attack made life difficult for all Japanese Americans, of course, but it created special difficulties for those who were already in the military
Presidential Trivia Answers (Sept. 25 & 26) (opens the original)
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(1) QUESTION: One President was a bit of a prankster in high school. Along with some friends, he formed a club known as “The Muckers Club,” which pulled pranks at the school. Which President?ANSWER: JFK. The group got its name from a term used by the headmaster of the school. “[He] used it to describe boys he thought were ‘troublemakers,’” the JFK Library website explains. “He and his friends were once nearly expelled from school for their pranks.”(2)
Presidential Trivia (Sept. 25 & 26) (opens the original)
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(1) One President was a bit of a prankster in high school. Along with some friends, he formed a club known as “The Muckers Club,” which pulled pranks at the school. Which President?(2) One President pranked his wife, pretending to be a district attorney and sending his wife a letter on dummy stationery. “It has come to our attention that you have been using your computer to go on XX websites,” the letter said. Which President?(3) The son of one President pulled a prank where he attached spitball
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